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Case Reports
Bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders at the start of a backstroke competition.
- Fayçal Dlimi, Abdelkarim Rhanim, Abdou Lahlou, Mohammed Kharmaz, Mohammed Ouadghiri, Ahmed El Bardouni, Mohamed Saleh Berrada, Mustapha Mahfoud, and Moradh El Yaacoubi.
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Hospital Center, Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco. dfdf351@hotmail.com
- J Orthop Traumatol. 2012 Mar 1; 13 (1): 47-9.
AbstractBilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders is very rare. A 20-year-old man presented with bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation as a result of a diving incident. He complained of pain and restriction of movement in both shoulders with abducted and externally rotated arms. Radiographs revealed that the shoulders were dislocated. The patient was treated with closed reduction and was able to resume swimming 3 months later. To our knowledge, this is the first bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders during a backstroke swimming competition that was caused by this mechanism of injury. The rarity of this lesion and its uncommon mechanism prompted us to relate this observation.
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